[TenTec] COMMUNICATIONS SPEAKERS Article

[Robert Mcgraw]

One of the better choices I've found can be typically had for $5 or so at
most hamfests.  Look for the Motorola mobile communications speakers used
in the earlier products such as MICOR.  GE Mastr Pro mobile series also
have good matching speakers.  These are small, efficient and sound good
for communications too.  After all, that's where they were designed to be
used.

73
Bob K4TAX







> On 2/26/2013 10:29 PM, Richards wrote:
>> YES - the author makes a good case for using something tailored to the
>> task.
>
>    Bullsh&t.  What is needed for good speech quality is nothing more or
> less than a loudspeaker with flat response AND uniform coverage in the
> speech range. And, because many (most?) ham rigs don't have high power
> audio output stages, it needs to be fairly efficient. "Tailored to
> speech?"  Horseh*t.  Nothing more or less than a decent small, accurate
> loudspeaker that sounds the same over a fairly wide angle.
>
> Now, it so happens that Optimus is the "house brand" that Rat Shack used
> in the 70s and 80s. They didn't make anything themselves, but some of
> the small speakers they sold under the Optimus name were pretty decent,
> and we used them a bit for making noise in rooms to do acoustic
> testing.  But "optimized for speech?"  Zebrash&t.
>
> The reason that loudspeaker he likes sounds good on speech is that it's
> a decent "flat" (natural) loudspeaker. .
>
> 73, Jim Brown K9YC
> Fellow, Audio Engineering Society
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